A couple of posts ago, I had remarked that I wasn’t a huge fan of black hair on our beloved Kristen Stewart for her shoot with Robert Pattinson in this month’s Harper’s Bazaar. Was it the lighting? The way her hair was styled? A combination of both or some other?

Well, as my post title already suggests, I happily eat my words because DAMN she looks so good with black hair. Her eyes. Her skin! It’s so luminous and flawless. Le sigh.

And props to whoever her makeup artist is for emphasizing her green eyes.

If you want to achieve the same look, here are some pointers:

• Sweep taupe-brown eyeshadow all over the lids. I think MAC’s Satin Taupe is perfect for this.
• Using a rounded crease brush (like Sephora’s # 10, a personal fave, or MAC’s #217) lightly blend a dark brown or even black eye shadow on the “outer-V’s” of your eyes. The outer-v’s is generally where darker eye shadow is applied to create that sultry, smoky look.
• Finally, using a champagne colored shimmery eye shadow (try MAC’s Shroom), highlight the brow bones (just beneath the eyebrows) and the inner corners of the eyes close to your tear ducts.
• Just curl your eyelashes and swipe on your fave black mascara and you are good to go!

-Mary